Letter from Sándor Ferenczi to Sigmund Freud, September 17, 1926

Baden-Baden,
September 17, 1926

Dear Professor,

A few lines yet, before our departure for Paris.

A short time before his death, Glover was stopped by a policeman in a (supposedly) drunken state, because he was jeopardizing public safety with his car. The court sentenced him to pay a fine for “drunkenness.” The affair was there in all the newspapers for people to read.—I can't say what the connection was between this incident and his sudden death—or even if there is a connection.

I just received the news from an American [female] student that Brill succeeded in seeing to it “that the bill before the New York State legislature to prevent non-medical analysis is passed.”1 A lawyer claims that it will take about another two years before this decision is in force.—The publication by your Viereck and an appropriate propaganda are therefore very urgent.

I request the address of your relative in New York—our final address is: Hotel St. Andrew, Broadway and 72nd Street.

Kind regards from us both!2

Ferenczi

Enclosed, the first example of the American advertisements!3